AUTHOR=Akokuwebe Monica Ewomazino , Palamuleni Martin E. , Idemudia Erhabor Sunday 

TITLE=Population dynamics and digitalization: implications for COVID-19 data sources in South Africa—a scoping review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2024

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1537057

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2024.1537057

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=ObjectivesThe study explores how humanity influences the development of digitalization on population dynamics during the changing times of the Covid-19 pandemic.MethodsA scoping review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines. Fifteen full-text articles were selected from 40 identified studies (2020–2023).ResultsThree themes emerged: (1) influence of humanity on the development of digitalization on population dynamics during changing times, (2) technical and ethical challenges, and (3) solutions to these challenges.ConclusionFindings highlight the need for new opportunities for distinctive technical and ethical challenges in creating larger digital databases for population dynamics and how these databases may contribute to the advancement of population fields.